Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Euro 2006
Nice wrap of the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest here.
For mine, the winners (Finland "metal" outfit, Lordi) were no less worthy winners than anyone else over the years, including Brotherhood of Man. Actually, come to think of it they probably never did win it ... I guess I could have just checked this out on Google, but what sane person cares about such things.
Terry Wogan was good, and if I had to pick a highlight (so many, many highlights) I'd probably go for Poland reporting their votes, which went a little something like this:
POLISH GUY, who looked like a young Michael Caine replete with horn rimed glasses ie ready to party like it's 1962: "we gave 8 votes to Estonia [or something], 10 to Finland, and ..."
[Slight pause ... you just know he's going to do something outrageous, like, say, award 12 votes to Poland. Haw haw! You can't actually give votes to yourself, of course, which is what makes it all so delicious.]
POLISH DUDE: " ... 12 points to Poland!"
[Another slight pause, just to let it all sink in. Ha ha, who would have thought?]
POLISH DUDE: "No, not really we awarded 12 points to [drowned out]"
HOST CHICK: [in alarmed tone] "You can't do that!"
[Another pause, presumably due to a hefty time lag, where each is trying to work out what the other has said]
WOGAN: "He was joking!"
And so on and such forth. With such hilarity ensuing on a minutely basis you'd be mad to miss it next year.
For mine, the winners (Finland "metal" outfit, Lordi) were no less worthy winners than anyone else over the years, including Brotherhood of Man. Actually, come to think of it they probably never did win it ... I guess I could have just checked this out on Google, but what sane person cares about such things.
Terry Wogan was good, and if I had to pick a highlight (so many, many highlights) I'd probably go for Poland reporting their votes, which went a little something like this:
POLISH GUY, who looked like a young Michael Caine replete with horn rimed glasses ie ready to party like it's 1962: "we gave 8 votes to Estonia [or something], 10 to Finland, and ..."
[Slight pause ... you just know he's going to do something outrageous, like, say, award 12 votes to Poland. Haw haw! You can't actually give votes to yourself, of course, which is what makes it all so delicious.]
POLISH DUDE: " ... 12 points to Poland!"
[Another slight pause, just to let it all sink in. Ha ha, who would have thought?]
POLISH DUDE: "No, not really we awarded 12 points to [drowned out]"
HOST CHICK: [in alarmed tone] "You can't do that!"
[Another pause, presumably due to a hefty time lag, where each is trying to work out what the other has said]
WOGAN: "He was joking!"
And so on and such forth. With such hilarity ensuing on a minutely basis you'd be mad to miss it next year.
